Metabolic health
Diabetes & metabolic health
Make everyday diabetes care more manageable. Explore support with movement, meals and routines, shaped around your goals and the medicines, monitoring and advice agreed with your diabetes team.
A connected care plan.
The starting point
Build strength and sustainable habits alongside your existing diabetes care plan.
Adults with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes who want support with activity, strength and everyday health. People with type 1 diabetes need an individually adapted plan agreed with their diabetes team before participation.
Make it personal.
02 / Your planKeep it connected.
03 / Your next stepReview it together.
What would support look like for you?
A clinician guides care. A coach helps you carry the plan into daily life. Your centre agrees the support available.
Your everyday care connections.
Everyday routines connect with a plan reviewed by your clinician.
Where would you like to begin?
Movement that fits+
Graded strength, walking and balance practice can be adapted to your starting ability, foot health and other medical needs.
Food and daily routines+
Nutrition support can help translate your clinical advice into workable meals, activity routines and habits that fit your household.
Useful follow-through+
Review symptoms, participation and relevant glucose information with your care team, including concerns around activity and low blood glucose.
What would you like to know next?
What would the first steps be?↗
- Assessment
Review your history, medicines, existing results, activity and any foot, eye or heart precautions.
- Your plan
Agree achievable goals and an activity plan that fits your diabetes team’s guidance.
- Supported practice
Build manageable movement and food routines, with the supervision your needs require.
- Review
Compare function and daily experience, and share concerns that need your clinician’s attention.
How would progress be reviewed?↗
Your clinician chooses measures relevant to your goals. Examples may include:
- Strength and everyday movement, such as rising from a chair
- Walking tolerance, balance and foot concerns where relevant
- Your goals and wellbeing, alongside clinician-reviewed glucose or HbA1c results when available
Who could support me?↗
- Treating physician, diabetologist or endocrinologist
- Coach for everyday goals and follow-through
- Physiotherapist or qualified exercise professional
- Dietitian
- Care coordinator; foot-care or psychological input when indicated
Your centre confirms which professionals are involved and how you will meet.
How does my coach help me keep going?↗
Your coach helps turn the agreed plan into everyday action: manageable goals, workable routines and conversations about what is getting in the way. You agree how to stay in touch and bring questions back to the care team. Medical decisions remain with your clinician.
Meet the coaching roleCan we discuss money or work pressures?↗
Money worries can be part of the wellbeing conversation, including care costs, household responsibilities and pressures at work. Your coach can help you organise priorities and explore practical money habits. This is financial wellbeing education, not advice on financial products.
Explore financial wellbeing supportHow does this fit my existing care?↗
Before a planned hospital admission, the treating team sets any activity, medicine and nutrition instructions. After discharge, support can be reconsidered around your recovery, changed medicines and mobility. The aim is to carry an agreed plan into daily life while keeping your doctor informed.
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Your questions, answered.
Can I stop my diabetes medicines if I become more active?
Only your prescribing clinician can change treatment. Activity can affect glucose levels, so your plan must account for medicines, meals and the monitoring your diabetes team recommends.
Do I need a new set of blood tests?
Bring relevant results you already have. Your clinician decides whether further tests are needed; there is no single blood-test panel required for everyone.
What if I have numb feet or difficulty walking?
Tell the team before starting. Foot health, sensation and balance can change which activities are appropriate and whether specialist review or more support is needed.
Clinical perspective
This programme supports diabetes management; it does not promise a cure or replace insulin. Medicine changes belong to your clinician. Participation and professional input depend on suitability and local availability.
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